#balteus

[ageha-sds]

was on break and did a bunch of AC6 renders for myself. this is truly self care

[diurnaldaysart]

Arm-sized Balteus

[skyfire85]

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[ultraviolencegaming]

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (2023)

[handsofaman]

Something I’ve always really liked but never saw anyone else show some love to was the inclusion of a smaller mech in these two beautiful armored core bosses. Balteus (the one on the right) has its core suit on full display. I don’t recognize the MT as being a unit the player fights in any other section, so I’ll go out on a limb and say it’s unique or was prototyped and never made the cut. Regardless, it’s a sexy look. Especially those huge, chunky legs. Then the carrier. I love the contrast between the suit’s rounded but angular form, and the huge cubes and asymmetric shapes of the mount. Not to mention my two favorite details, the sturdy-looking extra arms helping to hold the MT’s guns and that gorgeous machine at the center of the rig’s collar.

I go back and forth on the catophract. On one enormous rotary cannon tipped hand, the design is ridiculous. One of the few armored core designs that I’ll venture out and say is ridiculous in execution and run-of-the-mill in concept (look at the strider for something run-of-the-mill in execution and ridiculous in concept). Of course, I love the cataphract a lot. The vestigial MT legs don’t quite dangle over the front in game like they do here, rather the head pokes out nonetheless and reminds us of the shrouded figure. I for one have a lot of affinity for the double cannons, and only wish the extra guns were bigger to better utilize all that empty space on the upper side.

Anyway, two great designs both featuring a highly underrated trope.

[emmartian]

Drawing a diary for Armored Core 6. I'll create a long thread here as soon as I finish my first playthrough <3

Already in my top three FromSoft.

[inforapennyinforapunned]

Biblically accurate mech

[rafopolho]

"AAP07 Balteus"

[elfcow]

Fighting Balteus and we both just. Fought so hard we overheated our mechs and stunned each other at the same time in front of each other and just stood there catching our breath. Like two knights leaning on their swords. Kinda fruity if you ask me.

[some-guys-some-crimes]

I would love to be a fly on the wall in the PCA board room that drafted Balteus.

"Hey so we need another automated shitfuck for area dominance"

"Alright so let's give it a lot of missiles." "Don't forget the Pulse Shields from RnD." "Right, of course."

"Alright but what if it runs out of missiles."

"Well we can fit it with a shotgun for close ranged defense." "And a Bazooka!" "And a minigun."

"...Right. Welp, seems like we can ship this to skunkworks-" "Add a flamethrower"

"What?"

"Add. A. Flamethrower."

"...You're a fuckin genius, Jerry."

[very-very-dollcoded]

snail

[boy-he-doin-it]

What is with the PCA and welding as much stuff as physically possible to MTs?

Balteus and Cataphract are basically drowning in soo much metal that you can barely pick out the MT at the center of all the weaponry, boosters and treads.

Not a complaint, just an interesting quirk of theirs.

If the PCA returns for future games, I'd love to see this trend continue, see how much of an MT can be replaced and added to before it's no longer "technically" an MT.

[charonsferry]

I think I would mechpost a lot more if I wasn't among the many AC6 players filtered by Balteus

[sparkykadachi]

I saw this on Twitter and it was meant to be a "Game of the Year" discussion between Armored Core 6 and Hogwarts Legacy, but they ended up making one of the FUNNIEST IMAGES I HAVE EVER SEEN BECAUSE IT IMPLIES JK ROWLING IS FIGHTING AGAINST FUCKING BALTEUS

[gekinetic]

Post-stream twitter post image (10/24/2023) Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon

[infinitywerewolfknots]

*Staring at balteus with barely contained lust*